5/10/2016 we had a good sized group at Galaxy,
with 16 of us, lots of brew talk and great beer. Seth even wore his
official BIER shirt! Thanks for being such a great host.

Donna & Bernie Kordula James Dunn Tom DeSantis Tom
Owens

Jim Burt Kris Kinne Bob Ciesla Matt Farrell Dave King (2)

Rich Andel Jim Parks Ray CoreyDave RussellAnna CaronSeth
Weisel

Tap
NY was April 29 & 30.Check
out the video on the web site.Marty
took home a Gold medal for his Porter, Mama Maple Llama! The North Brewery
got a Gold for their Sno Clouds Irish Stout, and
Hopshire Farm Brewery medaled with their Shire Scotch Ale.

Mom’s House Food & Beer Fest
was held May 11, with many of us entering our Homebrews.Food samples from many local restaurants were
served, our Donna Kordula brought awesome cupcakes and cookies, too.Beers from 4 of our local breweries, were
poured, all for $30/person, a great deal, and everyone had a great time.

Voted by the Craft Brewers:

1st
place - Dennis Lovelock, Muad'Dib, American Wild Ale/Gueuze

2nd
place - Jamie Cornell, Wee Heavy Scotch Ale

3rd
place - Tom Owens, Darkness Falls, Russian Imperial Stout

Voted by the Attendees:

1st
place - Sean Judge, Irish Breakfast, Stout

2nd
place - Tim Slater/Adam Gabriel, Munich Helles Lager

3rd
place - Dennis Lovelock, Muad'Dib, American Wild Ale/Gueuze

Very proud of our brewers!We netted
over $5800 for Mom’s House, and had a great time.I’m sure we’ll do it again next Spring.

Summer Fests are coming up
soon.

The 2017 National Homebrew Convention
is in Minneapolis, Minn., there’s still room (June 15 - 17), a good many of us
are going, a few from TCBM, and a few others from UNYHA & ABC.We’ll be doing a tour of some local Breweries
and Brew Pubs on that Wed.Thurs. is the
2nd round judging, start of the Seminars, and Thurs. evening will be
a Brew Fest, with many local breweries serving their best.Friday will bring more Seminars, and Club
Night, the undisputed best part of it all.Saturday will hold more Seminars, and culminate with another big party,
no banquet.

Zoo Brew will be held at
the Ross Park Zoo, June 17th, we should have a Homebrew Booth, and
help serve Craft Beer, should be a great time, so come join us.

Tom DeSantis –Momma Maple Llama, Farmhouse Brewing’s
Marty took a Gold medal at Tap NY with this awesome Porter. Some of us noticed a smoky flavor, adds to the
maple Porter flavors, all great.

Seth – Mango Lychee,
Andromeda IPA with the 2 fruits added, great effect. with Simcoe dry
hopping.This is a creation of his
Brewer, John, and it really worked, so different from Andromeda.Thanks for sharing it!

Bob – Fresh Squished IPA, a Midwest discounted kit, made a great
IPA, for $20, less than ½ the current price.

Dave King (2) – Dad’s Brown Ale, a hoppy Brown Ale,
with 20% rye malt, Centennial and Citra dry hop, left over from Mom’s House
Fest.

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We voted on-line, for our choice of where to meet and 71%
requested that we meet at Binghamton
Brewing, every month. So that’s what we’ll do, for now.

I have to respect the club vote. but we need to support Seth
at Galaxy, he has been very good to
us, and maybe we can plan some special events there, especially our annual
Christmas dinner, maybe a Saturday brew out their back doors? Any other
suggestions?

Great beer, fun time. Thanks to Seth for allowing us to meet at Galaxy, great beer, great food.

Don’t forget, if anyone wants to write a review of a pub, a brewery, trip,
etc, please do so, and send a copy to Josh and Me. We’ll get it on the
web, you’ll be famous. Next meeting is June, 14th at Binghamton Brewing.Rich will be running the meeting, have fun!